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S8 Ep1131: Ernesto Araújo and Alejandro Peña Esclusa report that 60,000 people are missing in Venezuela following catastrophic earthquakes and government neglect. They propose an emergency temporary government to replace the Rodriguez siblings. Brazil hosts 700,00

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 15 July 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Ernesto Araújo and Alejandro Peña Esclusa report that 60,000 people are missing in Venezuela following catastrophic earthquakes and government neglect. They propose an emergency temporary government to replace the Rodriguezsiblings. Brazil hosts 700,000 refugees fleeing the "gangland" regime's destruction. (16)
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This is a high risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong. I'm John Batson with the New World Report. My colleagues Ernest Tauruja, former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Brazil, and Alejandro Pini Esclusa of Venezuela in opposition,

0:55.8

Alejandro. The protests are commonplace now in Brazil, in Caracas, that the Rodriguez brother

1:04.4

and sister, the president is Dalsi Rodriguez, the leader of the assembly is Jorge Rodriguez,

1:13.1

are not adequate to the task.

1:17.6

Few people would be, but the complaints are everywhere, not just the neighborhood associated with the drug running, but all through the country, the services have not been returned.

1:24.1

Electricity, water, safety, hospitals, and the ruins are still before the people

1:30.4

as they go through their day. The government is not a government. We recognize that. These are

1:35.4

gangland characters that were left in place by the U.S. In addition, your colleague, Ms. Machado,

1:42.4

has been turned back twice, twice, not by the Rodriguez brother

1:48.1

and sister, but by the U.S. What is right now your understanding of how many people are missing?

1:54.4

What is going on in Caracas to clean up, not to rescue people, everybody under the ruin is dead. Who's caring for the people

2:02.8

who were rescued? What about the hospitals? What about the schools? What can you tell us,

2:07.8

Alejandro? There is a contrast, John, between what the international community is doing to help,

2:15.3

which is really important, really moving.

2:19.0

And then there is a lack of interest of the regime in Venezuela because their objective

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